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POSITORY 


S.  R.  A.— B.  B.  22. 


Issued  August  21,  1918. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 
E.  W.  Nelson,  Cftie/  o/  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS, 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  PROTECTION  OF  GAME  IN  CERTAIN 
LOCALITIES  IN  ALASKA. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture by  section  2  of  the  act  of  May  11.  1908  (35  Stat.,  102;  Com- 
piled Law-  of  Alaska,  section  331),  entitled.  "An  act  to  amend  an 
act  entitled  'An  act  for  the  protection  of  game  in  Alaska,  and  for 
other  purposes.'  approved  June  7.  1902,"  the  following  regulations 
for  the  protection  of  game  in  Alaska  are  made  and  published  to  take 
effect  August  1,  1918: 

REGULATION   1.— OPEN*   SEASON   FOR   DEER. 

The  killing  of  deer  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby 
limited  to  deer  having  horns  not  less  than  3  inches  long,  and  the  season  for 
killing  such  deer  is  limited  to  the  period  from  August  15  to  October  31,  both 
dates  inclusive. 

REGULATION   2.— LIMITS. 

The  number  of  deer  killed  by  any  one  person  during  the  open  season  in 
southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby  limited  to  three. 

REGULATION    3.— THE   KILLING   OF   FEMALES  AND   YOUNG   OF    CERTAIN   ANIMALS. 

The  killing  of  female  mountain  sheep,  female  deer,  mountain  sheep  lambs. 
mountain  goat  kids,  and  fawns  of  deer  and  caribou,  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle 
is  hereby  prohibited. 


REGULATION   4.— DEER    ON    CERTAIN    ISLANDS. 

The  killing  of  deer  on  Kodiak  Island  and  Long  Island;  on  the  Islands  of 
Hawkins,  Hinchinbrook,  and  Montague,  in  Prime  William  Sound;  and  on 
the  following  islands  in  southeastern  Alaska:  Duke  Island,  near  Dixon  I  i 
Gravina  Island,  near  Ketchikan.  Kruzof  Island,  west  of  Sitka.  San  Juan  Island 
and  Suemez  Island,  ne.\ r  Klawak.  and  Zerembo  Island,  near  Wrangell,  is 
hereby  prohibited  until  August  1,  1920. 
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REGULATION  5.— SALE  OF  DEER  MEAT  IN  SOUTHEASTERN  ALASKA. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  deer  meat  in  southeastern  Alaska  east 
of  longitude  141°  is  hereby  prohibited;  and  no  deer  meat  shall  be  procured  for 
serving  and  served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel, 
mess  house  or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent,  in  southeastern 
Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°,  and  no  deer  meat  or  caribou  meat  shall  be 
received  or  served  on  board  any  steamer  or  other  vessel  in  the  waters  of  the 
South  Coast  of  Alaska  between  Unimak  Pass  and  Dixon  Inlet. 

REGULATION   6.— MOOSE  IN  SOUTHEASTERN  ALASKA. 

The  killing  of  moose  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  or  south  of  the  Lynn  Canal 
is  hereby  prohibited  until  August  1,  1920. 

REGULATION  7.— SALE  OF  MOOSE  MEAT  BETWEEN  LATITUDE  62°  AND  THE  ARCTIC 

CIRCLE. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  moose  meat  in  Alaska  between  latitude  62° 
and  the  Arctic  Circle,  between  December  25  and  August  19,  both  dates  inclu- 
sive, is  hereby  prohibited;  and  no  moose  meat  shall  be  procured  for  serving  and 
served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel,  mess  house 
or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent,  in  Alaska  between  lati- 
tude 62°  and  the  Arctic  Circle,  between  December  25  and  August  19,  both  dates 
inclusive. 

REGULATION    8.— SALE    OF    MEAT,    CARCASSES    OR    PARTS    THEREOF,    OF    MOOSE, 
CARIBOU,  MOUNTAIN  SHEEP  AND  MOUNTAIN  GOAT  SOUTH  OF  LATITUDE  62°. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  meat,  carcasses  or  parts  thereof,  of 
moose,  caribou,  mountain  sheep  or  mountain  goat  in  Alaska  south  of  latitude  62° 
and  between  longitude  141°  and  the  western  outlet  of  Lake  Clark  in  longi- 
tude 155°,  and  the  shipping  of  the  meat,  carcasses  or  parts  thereof,  of  said  ani- 
mals for  sale  from  Anchorage,  Seward  or  other  points  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula, 
is  hereby  prohibited;  and  no  meat,  carcasses,  or  parts  thereof,  of  said  animals 
shall  be  accepted  for  shipment  to  other  points  in  Alaska  unless  accompanied  by 
affidavit  of  the  owner  that  they  were  not  purchased  and  are  not  intended 
for  sale. 

The  meat  of  moose,  caribou,  mountain  sheep  or  mountain  goat  shall  not 
be  procured  for  serving  and  served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eat- 
ing house,  hotel,  mess  house  or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent 
in  Alaska  south  of  latitude  62°  and  between  longitude  141°  and  the  western 
outlet  of  Lake  Clark  in  longitude  155°. 

REGULATION  9.— HIRING  HUNTERS   PROHIBITED. 

The  hiring  of  any  person,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  kill  or  capture  game  birds 
or  game  animals  for  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel,  mess 
house  or  restaurant  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  hereby  prohibited. 

REGULATION   10.— OPEN   SEASON   FOR   MOUNTAIN    GOATS. 

The  killing  of  mountain  goats  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141° 
and  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  is  hereby  limited  to  the  period  from  September  1  to 
October  31,  botli  dates  inclusive. 


REGULATION   11.— KILLING   OF   CARIBOU   AND   MOUNTAIN   SHEEP   ON   THE    KENAI 

PENINSULA. 

The  killing  of  caribou  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  is  hereby  prohibited  until 
August  1,  1920. 

The  killing  of  mountain  sheep  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  Kenai  Peninsula  east 
of  longitude  150°  (the  location  of  which  is  indicated  by  a  north  and  south  line 
passing  through  the  Stalter  Place  on  Kenai  River)  is  hereby  prohibited  until 
August  1,  1920. 

REGULATION  12.— KILLING  GAME  TO  FEED  DOGS  OR  FOXES. 

The  killing  or  permitting  the  killing  of  deer,  moose,  mountain  sheep,  moun- 
tain goat,  or  any  game  bird,  for  feeding  dogs  or  foxes  or  for  baiting  traps  of 
any  kind  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  prohibited. 

REGULATION   13.— PREVENTING  DESTRUCTION   OF  GAME   BY  DOGS. 

Killing  or  permitting  the  killing  of  moose,  deer,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or 
mountain  goats  with  dogs,  permitting  any  of  the  said  animals  to  be  killed  by 
clogs,  or  permitting  dogs  to  hunt  moose,  deer,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  moun- 
tain goats,  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  hereby  prohibited.  On  the 
Kenai  Peninsula  no  dogs  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large  or,  unless  accom- 
panied by  or  under  the  immediate  control  of  their  owners  or  custodians,  shall 
oe  allowed  outside  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  towns  of  Hope,  Kenai,  Roose- 
velt, Seldovia,  Seward,  and  Sunrise.  For  the  purposes  of  this  regulation  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  towns  shall  be  considered  to  mean  one  mile  in  any 
direction  from  the  post  office. 

REGULATION  14.— GAME  KILLED  BY  NATIVES,  MINERS,  AND  EXPLORERS. 

Game  killed  by  natives  for  food  .or  clothing,  or  by  miners  or  explorers  in  need 
of  food,  shall  not  be  sold  directly  or  indirectly,  nor  served  in  any  boarding 
house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel,  mess  house,  or  restaurant. 

On  and  after  August  1,  1918,  all  regulations  for  the  protection  of  game  in 
Alaska  made  and  published  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  under  authority  of 
the  Alaska  game  law  prior  to  the  regulations  hereby  made  and  published,  except 
the  regulations  of  August  1,  1908,  relating  to  the  collection  of  specimens  for  sci- 
entific purposes  and  the  capture  or  shipment  of  live  animals  and  birds  for  exhi- 
bition or  propagation,  and  the  export  of  specimens  from  Alaska,  shall  be  and  are 
"hereby  revoked. 

Ill  testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  official  seal 
in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  24th  day  of  July,  1918. 

[seal.]  D.  F.  Houston, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture, 


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